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| Samsung HPT5054 50-Inch Plasma HDTV | 
| Brand: Samsung
Category: CE
Buy New: $1,149.88 (On sale from $1,799.88)
You Save: $150.11 (12%)
Buy New from $1,149.88
Avg. Customer Rating:  (94 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4281
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 50
Shipping Weight (lbs): 97
Dimensions (in): 3.7 x 48.5 x 31.1
MPN: HPT5054
Model: HPT5054
UPC: 036725250543
EAN: 0036725250543
ASIN: B000NEKORW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1365 x 768 resolution | | • | 15,000:1 Contrast Ratio | | • | 18 bit color | | • | Filter Bright 2 Anti Glare Technology | | • | 3 HDMI, 2 component, 1 PC input |
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Amazon.com Product Description
Offering a rich feature set and exceptional quality for its price, Samsung HPT4254 50-inch 720p plasma TV uses the company's latest DNIe enhancement circuitry to deliver outstanding brightness, contrast, and image clarity. Use it for home theater and use it for your PC--it's perfect for both. In addition to a standard-broadcast NTSC tuner, it also features an integrated ATSC tuner that can capture over-the-air digital broadcasts from local network affiliates (the set will still require a set-top tuner for receiving non-terrestrial HD broadcasts from channels like HBO or Discovery). Other noteworthy features include a 60,000 hour panel life, Samsung's unique auto pixel-shifting technology to prevent burn-in, a gaming mode, cinema progressive film mode, and 3 HDMI connections. This model is also compatible with an Auto wall-mount Samsung will release this year that is controllable in 3-dimensions via the HTDV's own remote control. While the HP-T5054 Samsung's entry level 50-inch 720p plasma for 2007, it differs from the step-up HP-T5064 only in the cosmetic design, and the lack of a USB2.0 connection. Both models offer the same high level of digital image processing, 15,000:1 contrast ratio, and HDMI connectivity. If you want a USB connction for playing photo files or MP3s, check out the HPT4264. The Samsung Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe) Video Enhancer refines all analog NTSC and wideband video inputs for an overall improvement in picture quality. DNIe improves contrast, white level, picture detail and incorporates digital noise reduction to improve lower quality video inputs. Thanks to the new 13-bit processing capability of DNIe, the HP-S4253 can produce over 549 billion colors (compared to the one billion colors that TVs with 10-bit processing can produce. Single-tuner Picture in Picture
This HDTV has a picture-in-picture feature, but it only has a single tuner which does not allow POP to function n the same mode. For example, you can't watch one TV channel in the main screen and another channel in the PIP screen. You can watch a tv channel in one screen and view contnet from your computer or a DVD in another. This tends to be the functional limitation of PIP in most HDTVs currently available. Connections: - HDMI connections: 3 (1 side 2 rear)
- S-Video Inputs: 3 (1 side 2 rear)
- Component Video A/V Input: 2 (rear)
- PC (RGB) input: 1 (rear)
- Composite video input: 1 (side)
- Headphone Jack: 1 (side)
- RF input: 2 (rear)
What's in the box Plasma HDTV, Remote control, 2 AAA batteries, Power cord, Owner's Instructions/Quick Setup Guide, Warranty Card, Registration Card, Safety Guide Manual, Cloth-Clean.
Product Description
50" widescreen HDTV (16:9 aspect ratio) * high-gloss black finish * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) * built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required) * 1365 x 768 pixels * 15,000:1 contrast ratio * 175(H) x 175(V) viewing angle *
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| Customer Reviews: Read 89 more reviews...
 simply sucks July 8, 2008
it`s not even 2 years since I bought this tv and it already started crapping out on me, I have been seeing blue patches, pixels moving back and forth on the side of the screen (not a burn in. the patches are moving) definitely killing all the fun and enjoyment. now samsung would charge me $100 bucks just to come and take a look at it, and the technician over the phone said he thinks it could be a defective Plasma screen and would probably be have to replaced with a new one which would cost me a hefty $$$ of course the piece of crap tv is out of warranty and although it`s a defected screen Samsung will do absolutely nothing about the situation unless I pay for it. I have seen a lot of complains over the internet about the same issue on Samsung Plasma`s so I would recommend you to buy LCD, if you set your mind on Plasma then definitely go with some other brand since this Samsung is a huge piece of crap.
 Read this review if you play video games June 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this TV in January and loved it. Eventually I noticed a flickering problem where the screen brightness would flicker up and down. Read about it on the AVS forums and got it fixed through Samsung support. Then I noticed the image retention. If you play any xbox 360 games or watch tv in 4:3 with sidebars it will show up. You can run the screen burn in program that will eventually wipe it off but it always comes back next time you play. Ever play GTA4? See that radar in the bottom left? That is always going to be on your TV after you are done playing. The longer you go without wiping it with the cleaner the longer it will stay on there. If you play video games do yourself a favor and don't buy this set. I sold mine and am saving for another set preferably LCD. I just wanted to warn people trying to decide which set to buy. Avoid this set.
Great picture until you get screen burn-in May 13, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I use this TV for my baby to watch Noggin which isn't HD. After a few weeks of use the Noggin channel logo and side black bars burned into the screen. I tried using the burn-in removal feature (Samsung recommends running it for 1+ hour )which only helps about %30. I guess this is one of the biggest draw back of plasma TVs. Totally unacceptable. This was my first plasma and will probably be my last.
 satisfied May 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Amazon was a very good company to deal with, no problems and no hassels. The TV has been great, and I am very satisfied with the whole transaction.
Great TV with a few caveats May 1, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was my first HDTV purchase. As such I did weeks of research reading every review I could find and poring over forums. In the end I found that this was one of the best picture quality/price combos you can find.
I used a DVE DVD to calibrate the picture (just the basic brightness and contrast, no color calibration yet). Overall I found most of the opinions I read to be right on. Always use the Movie mode with "Warm2". I could see possibly moving up to Warm1 or normal but I trusted the experts out there who say that warm2 has the best color fidelity.
Aside from that I kept all the extras off (Noise reduction, DNIe, auto-contrast, etc). I had an HD cable box, Xbox 360, PC and HD-DVD player hooked up (all HDMI except the PC which was through the VGA monitor hookup). All looked great. On the Xbox though I found I did actually like "Game Mode" better with some other adjustments quite different from my movie watching settings.
The picture quality on this TV seemed awesome to me. Even with the "energy saving" mode on High, contrast at 90, and Brightness at 45 it seemed plenty bright, although our living room doesn't have a lot of ambient light either.
My 2 big gripes with this TV were:
1. Image Retention. This thing has BAD IR. Sometimes I would turn the tv on and just the text that flashes up telling you what input your on would leave some IR. Now to be fair the IR has always gone away after some watching or running the built in "scrolling" screen. I'd play Rock Band for 30 minutes or so and would definitely see IR from elements of the interface. I would run the scrolling screen or watch TV for a while and all would be fine. Nevertheless, very annoying to me. I love the History Channel but would refrain from watching it because they use such a vivid, bright annoying logo on screen at all times that it would very quickly cause IR.
2. Possible noise appearing as green dots in the blacks. Now I managed to get rid of this by turning my brightness down (the level at which I ended up setting the brightness was still within the calibration range and still made for a great picture so I didn't need or want to turn it up any more) but there was definitely a threshold where if I turned up the brightness past a certain mark, dancing green dots appeared in the blacks. From everything I've read this may be perfectly normal and only really noticeable if you're too close to the TV. The fact that I could achieve a perfectly good picture while dialing out these dots made it pretty much a non-issue for me, but it still kinda bugged me and made me wonder if that was indeed normal. The more you turn the brightness up the more green dot noise would appear, but again it still wasn't too terrible from a decent viewing distance.
If I had it to do again, I would not get this TV. While it has some great features and a great picture quality, the quirks just get to me a little too much. Maybe it's just because I'm new to the whole world of HD, but I find myself wishing I'd gone with the Samsung LN46A530 LCD instead.
Great bang for the buck, especially if you're primarily a movie watcher, but I'd be wary if you're a gamer or want to watch anything with a vivid logo, scrolling ticker at the bottom, or black bars (like non-stretched 4:3 TV).
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